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plantation Definition


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plantation
noun
    1. An estate, especially in the tropics, that specializes in the large-scale production of a single cash crop, eg tea, coffee, cotton or rubber.
    2. An area of land planted with a certain kind of tree for commercial purposes.
      Example: a conifer plantation
    3. historical
      A colony.
Etymology: 15c: from Latin plantatio a planting.



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